The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Bethany Haines, whose father David was beheaded in Syria, has had to seek reassurance from US justice sources that IS 'Beatle' Alexanda Kotey was still detained somewhere in America.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has reversed its position and now says it will allow an anti-death penalty minister inside the execution chamber for an upcoming execution

Prison sentences of up to two years have been handed down to 15 French, Belgian and Dutch horsemeat industry professionals for introducing meat unfit for human consumption into the food chain.

Three men from Nottingham are among the 22 people who are now facing a total of more than 200 years in prison after Encrochat - communication service which was found to be used by criminals to plan and coordinate illegal activity - was taken down

Megan Woodham was sentenced alongside two men

A former Buzzfeed commentator and far-right personality who recorded video of himself storming the Capitol building on January 6.

Ram Surat, 98, wasn’t released because no one paid a bail bond of Rs 11,500 (£116) which was mandated in his court order - Prison officials soon realised that he had no family or friends to help because he had no visitors

A Turkish court sentenced the head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) to more than two years in prison for terrorism propaganda on Wednesday but ruled she should be released after being in detention since October, human rights activists said.

Megan Woodham, a healthcare assistant at HMP Risley in Warrington, has been jailed for her role in a multi-million pound drugs plot which included smuggling ketamine into prison

Pope Francis on Wednesday praised the late Australian Cardinal George Pell for persevering in trying times, a reference to when he spent more than a year in prison on child sexual abuse accusations before he was fully acquitted.

The extremist Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, ordered police to take strict measures against Arabs celebrating the release of prisoners. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that Ben-Gvir banned any celebrations, even if this meant the use of force against their families and the gathering. The minister ordered Police…